Mount Road
Mount Road opposite Bata Show Room at the turn of the century. Mount Road built around 1795 was the happening place and fashionable quarter of Madras in 19th century There were many important Shops and Clubs like Higginbothams, Pharaoh & Co, Misquith &Co, Whiteway & Laidlaw, De engelis Hotel, Wiele & Klein, Gymkhana Club, Cosmopolitan Club and Electric Theatre. It remained so till 1970s when the shopping area of Madras shifted to T.Nagar.
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